Killington First Day

Great day of snowboarding last Sunday at Killington.  Conditions were ideal with the only tough hardpack on East Fall Lower.  Chute, Rime, East Fall, Ridge Runer all in good shape.  Over on Skye Mountain, Bittersweet was good, but you had to fight a real balst of wind on the top.  Looking forward to more of the mountain being open this Sunday. 

Legs held up well for the first riding of the year.  Half way through the third hour my legs started to get rubbery, so I left Skye and came back to Snowden to take some final runs down Chute.  http://www.killington.com/winter/mountain/trail_map/W09-10_Killington_Trail%20Guide.pdf

The Express Card should be a good deal for this year as you only pay for the days you go, and Sundays are considered mid-week.  We will see if I get to other mountains or not; hard to beat K.

It started off sunny, but the clouds moved in after 2pm.  The ride home was very touchy.  As I went west from Rutland on Route 4 the rain turned to ice and the traffic slowed to 20 MPH, but my trusty Subaru got in the left lane and we cruised along at 50 MPH no problem.  A SUV flipped over and they were taking people to the hospital as I went by.  The rest of the ride was slow as the freezing rain turned to snow packed roads, but got home safe.

With travel and extreme cold this week, I did not get any other activity this week until tonight.  And that activity was spinning on the Y-foil in the basement.  Good tunes made the hour-long spin go pretty fast and managed to get good 'climbs' and 'sprints' mixed in.  Not ideal, but better than nothing or trying to do something in the dark at 7 degrees on frozen roads!